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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1865-05-27

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A" :-, -V- i VOLUME XXIX. MOuftT VEKNON; X)HIO : NUMBER 6j - UVS. 7-30 LOAN. The saU.ef the fUrat eerie, of $300,00000 el the T-3 Lon w completed on the 31it of March, 2885. .The sale of the second series of Three Ilnn-4rea Amnions, payable three years from the 15th Jiayof June, 1845, wm began on the lt of April. Jm tie seorf pe of tkirlu dag; over One Hundred Million oliiiNfiMUN bee told leaving this day .lets than Two Handred If illiont to be disposed of. Th Interest is payable semi-annually In currency on .the 15th of December and 15th of Jane by Coupons attached to each note, which are readily cashed anywhere. It amounts to One cent p4r day on sv 50 note. Twvecats " " wIOO Ten $500 . ao v ftlOOO 91 ; 5000 MORE AND MORE DESIRABLE. ; The Rebellion is suppressed, and the Government has already adopted measures to redaee expenditures as rapidly as possible to a peace footing, thus with-drawing from market as borrower and purchaser. - This is : THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET . bow offered by the Government, and constitutes the Great Popular Loan of the People . The Seven-Thirty Notes are convertible on their maturity, at the option of the holJer into ..." V. M.'B20 Six pf r eenl, OOXiB-SHAIlXrTa BOCT)3, Which it alvrajs worth prwoaium. FREE FROM TAXATION. The 7.30 Notes cannot be taxed by To wn, Cities, . Counties or States, and the interest i not taxed unless on a surplus of .the owner's ineome exceeding aix hundred dollars a year. - This fact ioereases their : value from one to three per cent, per annum, according to the rate levied on their property. r Subscribe Quickly. - ' Lc than $200,000,000 of the Loan authorised by the last Congress are now on the market. This amount, at the rate at which it is being absorbed, will eil'ba subscribed for within two months, when .the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as has nniformly -been the case on closing the subscrip . tions-to other Loans. ... It mote teen probable tkat no nameidemble awuwnt beyond tie preexnt eeriee teilt be fertfl to (Republic . ' In order that cititens of erery town and section of the country may, be afforded facilities for-taking the lowfirtbef SaTtbHa! Banksv 'tato' BsatJf'jaid r Prirate Bankers Lhrooghont the cooatry hare generally agreed to receive subseriptions at par.. 8ub aeribers will select their own agenti, in whom they -bare confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delirery' of the Botes for which . they receive orders. " JAY COOKE, t ', .-- ' Subscription Agent. Phila. . ' 'fimT" Subscriptions received by the Fir it Xational Sank of Mount Vernon, and Knojc County .Xutional -anh of Mount rrwo. May 13 Certificate of Authority ' '.. to thb : &nox County National Bank of 1 .V A . Mount Vernon. C " . TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Omen or CoxprnoLLnn or thk Ctbrenct, -'",WAH!!iOTO!f, April IMh 188S. TTIIEB.BAS, by satisfactory evi ience presented tn tbe nndersivned.it has been made to ai-pcar 'that, M The Knox County National Bank of Mount "Vernon," in the City of Mount Vernon, in the county 'of Knox, and Btate of Ohio, has been duly uranite4 under and eorling to. c, requirement- uiine A 'Currency, secured by a pledge of United States Uouds, nraf iJ dr tha circulation and rcdcmiton 'thereof," approved June 3d. lso, and has complied f - ... Uh all th provisions or said Act required t-.be ou plied wiin. oeiore commencing me ousmens oi Baakiar. under said act : , "Now, therefore, LFreeman Clarke Comptroller of he Carreney, do hereby certify that "The Knox County .National" Bank of Mount Vem-n." in the Ci-ty of Mount Vernon in the County of Knox, an l the 'State of OhJo.ls authorised tocomaicnce the busings f Banking aader the Act aforesaid. k.- In testimony whereof,, witness my hand td seal of. office, this twenty-first day of 'AeriLlSeV ; t . - - - FREEMAN CLARKE. -tay 13r60d Comptroller of the Currency. Certificate of Authority c-i TO TBC st National Dank, 0? M00NI .VER05, OHIO. j -.:TBBA8TrBY DEPARTMENT, ) i -. ; - Ojtee of Comptroller of tke C-rreneu. - :.; Wubirstoi, March 17th. 1865. J ' IT 11 UREAS, hy satisfactory evidence presented r . .to the andersignel.it has been made to ap-ponr tkat "The First National Bank or Mount Ver-' non," la the City, of Mount Vernon, la the County of iKnox, and State of 1 Ohio, has been duly organised ..nnler and aocorJing to the requirements of the Aet 'jot Congress, entitled "An Act to provide a National farreacy, secured by a pledge of United Sutes bonds, nd to provide tor the circulation and redemption 'thereof,' approved June 3, 1864, and has complied -with all the provisions of said Aet. reqdlred to be eompiiod. with before eommeaeiag tfis business of .Bankbjg andarsaid AeU ' "'The office of.Comptroller.of Carreney being vacaif, pow therefore.. Iv8piael T. Howard, Deputy Comp-rollerf hA Ciffrency, do hereby certify that "The $iTfj Rational Bank of Moent Vernon, in the City cf Mount Vernon, la the Coontv of Knox, and 8tata ,f Ohio, Ujmthoriied to eommenoe the business ef -jjan fc i o g waaer Ue Act aforesaid. . . - v-JKJ Xasttmoey. Whereof,. yitHessmy hafld , ib lajid seae(Qe the Seventeenth day ef ,(Sisned); - r: SAMUEL T. HOWARD,-. ' - , - 4 IBttty Comptroller ef the Currency. - ' - ; ' ZS eMssssSBBB) . r. - s; m ? V Vnlzt tbs nthjonty above given this. Bank will eommenoe oiaes, Saturday. April 1st, 1845 at its efflseta tl a Slock corner rerJCala Vine - Streets. v " - r --Tv-. ..... c. Mewat Veraoa, 6.;lfnn 22d, IRor. ' - - - C- DELANO, PreeidenL .' r ' -: - VHED. D. SIUCGES,- Caekier.- icuntVernonIIaiilr ; -j.-v :urtylwi0i; liarcb 2:4, tUi... ress, tit? - tuc4 as shall he inciist .to! tis Fir -r wi.l V, r-i ' r - . . ) Sfet glnst. Written for the Mount Vernon Banner. : 'TIS ALL THE WORLD TO MEi The dak curls on his marble brow I gently pushed aside, And fndly kinsed hie clay-oold lips, For I as nit tt promised bride.f I Wondered why he answered not, But dreamed not his spirit fled, 'Till they tore me from beside him. And whispered, - urn i . But in the silent midnight, s When all had sank to rest, . . I softly laid my aching bead Upon his icy breast,--And kneeling by his euffln, I wildly prayed to God To free my burning spirit, And be laid with him beneath the sod. When senset angels weeping, lied vanished from the sky, . And fairy stars were miling Through the echer blue on high, They laid him in the valley, Close by the munn tring sea, And the spot where he lies buried ' Tis all the world t me! LONE STAR. Mo''st Liscbtt, 0-, My,iS65. dketiLaSi. Out of the sweet old legends, Beckon.4 a fair white hand. And silvery, bell-like voices Tell of an unknown land ; Where msgie roues blossom In the even:ng's golden light, ; And the air is laden with fragrance From the lilies silver-white. The trees, with their waving branches, . Murmur a fairy song, Aid the Lrot-iltt mt-rrily d teres As it ripples and gurgtes along. And lender, enchanting love-songs Float on the balmy breexe ; And the heart's unspeakable longings By their music is set at ease. ' Would that my steps could reach it. That happy, flowery strand ! For all my earthly afflictions Would cease in that fairy land. Oft in my dreams I see it,-In its glamour bright and fair. But with daylight's earliest glimmer It vanishes into air. - ' .. Jame' Maqnnime. ts. v-w SIGHT BEF0KB THE WEDDIAG. "Thin must be ' tlie last" of ; four weiLIing gifts, Vaninka'naid Madame Brentano, band ing a Small package to her daughter, as you are to be married to-morrow, and it is auile late in the evening, I tbiuk tbere will be no more." : '. . Mother," said the yoone jtirl in a frightened tone, holding up a small jet necklace, the contents of I he package, '"nee it is b'ackl It is ominous. Oh, what grief can be in store for Henry and nie?" None, none Vaninka ! this is mere folly," eaiii her .mother, in a tone of rebuke. lint it was some minutes before the young maidea recovered her cairn net. Then, conquering her weakness by a violent effort, she said lightly : 1 am not silly, mother. You will laugh hen I tell you it ; but my blooI ran cold, and my rlen eemel to creep as I touchei thia bauble. a if it hud been a serpent. See, j I do not iniiHl it now." Vmiirika Hrciiton was the only child of a wealthr FruMun commoner. he had been , ,( ,,e,rolhc to Ui.ry Wr.ler. a younu of- ficer in the Pnii'MAii army ; but owing to the wars in EifOte tlieir wedding had been ' long . i . . iJeiayei. Au, However, ilierr m teace. ail ;the loveiirwere mj tm uiiitrd the any slier the : ol,e towiir.i the end of wlueh my story com iiiences, , ; Vaninka. was devotnlly attached to her let roth ed. and too happy at the near approach of thfir miiitialx to allow the Mack necklace to diqui-t her loug.. Her parents left the room, nnd throwing herself into a chair, s e lein-d her head against ts back, and sank into a reverie, her fingers mechaiii cally playing the while with her last gift, lit waaeaay to see that her reflections were of a pleacaiit nature, for ever and anon a beautitul smile stole over her features, and fading grad ually awav. still left the came eanres ion of quiet happiness. She had been sitting there some time, when another person entered the rsm. The intruder was a young, bandedme rn:in. dreascil in full Prussian uniform. His lace . waa pale, and wore an agitated look strongly contrasting with the peaceful smile on Vaninka s lite. 5he lnl not hear ruth en ter, and he stoof for a moment looking, with hut eyes beaming With renderiieas, upon her; then, with the air of a man who has distress ing duty to perform; he advanced and stood before ner. - ' - - - . ?HehrT I she exclaimed, starting to "her feet, "idid not expect 70a this evening; baa anything happened?" - . . . ' . ."Much, much, Vantaka. oit down .again, and 1 will take tnia stool at your xeet. Aiy a a w - -is " own teiovea. 1 came to ten you mat our wea- ding muH le poetponed'I-' Our wedding I" cried the astonished girl, ETen so ! ' Too are astonished, perhaps hurt : have I told you abruptly ? ; Look in my - . tt 1 - .' mt J t. r I ace, vaninaa. ana see wnat 1 en aerea oeiore I would grieve joa with my bad news." -- 'lut.- Ueary. 1 do not MdartUad. Wbj must we wait still longer t f,t- " .-- "Because I mast leave too to twenty mm- Hi CP. ' V - - . - VLeae mef - : s - Yea 1. Napoleon has left Elbsi, and is eren now in Paris t oar Iroopa lv. the. ctty ; ,-ir 1. - .. .... ...v. "rtehry 1 am I awake ? No, ftcC-Henry, you are, not in -earnest.:.: "Ah f she eaid, shuddering af she caught sight of the nacl9 lace.'I said it was tftni nous 1 - J I Hen.ry, yon carfnbt leave me To eight, tool lbaery night before the weAlintf.". . - i:X-x Vaainka I' he cried, ilrajhthi? her to hls breast, "I mutt go ;see the dock rjtTihU to the timedeet to leave you. ' VaniaJca l' She has fainted 1 Better sol"; Xiii kisslog ber.. mh facagsjn ana agaiv b i laid ber on thit sofl and went in search of. her' parents. Uw wcr! told thera all, and bearing their ferrenl t: 'r,.he dts.Titi'.'-' ' i- . - : I j f. .... I. ; ' f.e r -.".i cai-Ihia'; I 1 ' : :; 1-r end - f r;er " t f '- rrtw t'-T f i Lsry. LLscoilor''- fair listlessly , into- ber lap, nl heave jdeep ighs, while fometimea the great tear ; rolled down her cheeke . ; ; ; ' At length there canie the news of the battle of WaterlorV; arxileon had been defeated, and all Europe was ringing with the tidiogar; Va-ninka'e suspense now amounted to perfect agony, "lleury 1" she would cry, "U he kill-edl O, when will he come?" - One morning wlien she was seated with her mother, sewing, wasiold that a Prussian officer wanted to see hef. With her heart trembling between fear and hope she obeyed the summons. As she slowly entered the' room, a stranger rose, and advanced to meet ber. "Mademoiselle Breotaoo t" he . inquired, bowing. - . : "The same. - Will you be seated, sir V : "I am Frederick Listoa ; 1 served in the battle of Waterloo, in the same regiment with Henry Werder, and be requested me to deliver this to you." And as be finished he placed a, small package in her hands. "Why don't he come himself? He. is not dead ? Oh, Kay he is not dead !" she said in a voice of hucIi imploring agony that the young soldier felt the tears rise in hUi eyes. "Lady," he s.aid in a sad tone, "Henry fell at Waterloo 1" , She did not scream nor faint, ljut sank into the chair near her, witTi only a moan of agony. He miMtook her tdlent. tearlesH.agony forcalni-neps, and began to relate the particulars of his comrade's death, and delivered his doing message to his betrothed. Vaninka heard every word.but she neither spoke nor stirred, but with ner eyes fixed on the little package he had given her. He left her. and her mother found her half an hour later still in the same position. " Var.inka," she said, "who was your vitl-tor ?'-There was no answer. "Vat.iirka," die said again, "are yoa, ill?" and. nhe laid her hand gently upon her arm. "Dead, mother, dead !" said she now raising her eyes. - "Who is dead, darling ?" Anked her mother, frightened at her strange tone. ' Vaninka slowly opened her package, and drew out the rinr and hair it containd. mur-itiuring : '"Henry I Oh, mother he is dead!" she fell. sobbing in her mother's arms. . ' ... ' ' We change the scene now to Waterloo in the latter part of the battle between trie arm ?c of Napoleon and Wellington. Th moriiih we boose was the one in which the Imperial. Guard of the Emperor threw themselves between the advancing Prussian forces and the English army to prevent their joining their forces. Henry Werder at the head. of his feg jment, felt his heart throb with intense excitement aa the two immediate columns, the flower of the . French army, advanced upon the English troop. They came on in silence, until within range of the ba tenea-pre parel to receive them ; th-n a terrible discharge, seeming to ret heaven and earth.-ecattering death among their ranks. - Still these , veterans ad yanced. . The hfonor of thir nation rwaa in peril; another discharge of the Pnxaaiah troops who had been rapid I v bearing' the' 'scenes of action, then lashed swoBgntthetw-sXha Gaeila Jtaperiatde Jfapoleon was utterly annihilated. One exultant shout was - raised - by t the alliel armies as this fearful crisis i waa decided in their favor. . 1" ''-. '.:. ' : -" But where in the mTJnient of victory.' was Henry ? Stretched upon the field, hia head supported by his fellow officer, Frederick Lis-ton, and the life-blood flowing from a wound in his breast. : v "Frederick," he murmured iu a dying voice, "you will see Vaninka," - "If I live," answered his comrade with deep emotion. ;.'-vw,.-.- You will give her this ring, and cut some of my hair off for her. Tell her my. dyingUrram ou catch fisb, it; ie a sigo you; i will thoughts were all of her Heaven, bleea you my comrade. Farewell 1" and his head fell heavily back. "Dead 1" said Frederick, and I mu&t leave him here." Frederick was mistaken. Henry wa9 not dead he had only fainted. Some hours af terward he was lying on a liospital bed in -a raving delirium. . For weeks his life hung upon a thread, then a young constitution triumphed, and he began to mend. His physician positively forbade his returning to Prnseiti. and r wrninij hiui that his lungs were much affected, he reccom mended a winter in Italy. Writing a long leiier to Vaitiuka to explain hla mug absence. Henry made hi preparation, and after an illr nersol over two montiM started in the earlv pnrt of, October fr Naples. He remained there, training health and strength, until th next June, and.then started lor home.. D ir ing his residence in Italy, he nad written ng-ttn and again to both Vaninka anl Frederick, and wondered why he had received 116. letters m answer, Hi epistles never reached them ' ' . We now return to Vaninka. Contrarv to the fears df friehdii' eli'e had . seemed to bear her lone With caluiness. She had been so long in a staVe of nguixinguspense, that any certaintv, everi this direful one, was a relief- Still her.st'eB did not regain its elaticitv, and her rief, if not loud "was": deep. "Her friends mistook despair 6r calmness. ' She grew paler and thinner, and now frequently kepi her rom foe days together. Her lover had been gone some eight months when her hand wasTigain sought in marriage. George Weimar was a gentle, miid old :man' of about seventy years pi age, wealthy, and ot large influence in his native town, r He was an old" friend of Vamnka'e father, and ha long thought of seeking Vaninka for his bride. When, however; he had seen the place coveted about to be worthily filled, he had become quite silent On the subject of hid desires," and cultivated the acquaintance pf his - lady lores betrothed . Now,.deceired as others were by Vaninka'e auiet demeanor, he advanced- his suit. Her parents knowing that 'he would spare no pains or expense to make her happy ereed their child to accept his ! Offer; and she consented to se bim. '"'.- 'tr .:' r j-.- "Jfr; Weltrisi,' sKe said, "J Mb' to tell tod bow grateful i feel for jonr .ktadi.and flatter- inr oflar. 6d to place mr situation - folly be fore 700-. Siaca I,hear4 ot mj. irreparable loss, I have felt that f should soon join bim ; still I hare ehdearored faitbratly 10 perform the datiea left to me..' I doot think I ahal lira lontt. Bat if I can by any -means add:,to the happioesa 0 another, God has granted me me win w aa so.. -- si.you witi ncct uy uuu kroting that my heart is to.Henry's feray e.it u Tours, and I will endeavor lo fulfill mv do ties as a wife; trusting in roar lore and indal gence io forgive If I'fail to make yot bappy w h He .ljamt wttH jro Z .1 - j -W fitt lvf-:I - The rood old maa was too bappy .to uare hia.oCer accepted on any terms, and he thank- ner warmiT.rA .oai was soon set r tne wea n . M Vihm b.m me!rlii lings were raakiiifg Ttzry'-x hope I, by travelir anl ctVer r r.ind,- to nb- Lis" triia's A' ttv fiit ,i u U3 n o uja aiii J l i,Xlr. Weimer diTcrfiions of her rplrlls and prolor 1 er Ubs -C. ' -". ' '. - - '-: . place of ber former happy.', smiles. She was sitting nainfully reflecting Onlhe nasL when a shadow fell on the ground before ber. and rais ing her eyes, she saw a s'ranrerstaiMliiiglook-Ing.at' her;' He etooil with buj back ;to "the trht. andshe'eouid not fcee lfti face. iut eome- thiii made ber heart stand still aa the arose to greet ftinVr He only said ne; wonirr TVo niiika!' and exclaiming Heiry r'ebe sprang1 to hia embrace. He caught her . p&sionateIy to his breast ard. eld her tbere aa if he. feared another separation, M.?"M -4 "So," said a ' pleasant rok?e -at the door, there ia -a chanir of briderreoma. . and Mr. Weimar entered the room. v Vaninka stood a moment confused,- but takiitg; hsr - band ; he placed it in Ifenry's sayings "Take ber, Henry : she is tod young, gotf and handsome for an old man like , myself.t . I- was an '--oW fool to think of it. - Take hjpf amLmy warmest blessing attend your onion.? V Aiwl with "a kind, beaming smile, the' oldj man left them together. -;r ' ?- -'r 1 v ' ' ': ' Thn time Vaninka s weIdihg was not post poned, and as Vaninka and Herv bUkI before the altar, Mr. Weimar..wUtehing the hap py, blushing face of the.rMei6wned 'that; he could not have railed 11 tv wit I all hia .'dero tion , suuh an expression Of ; perfect love anil Superstitions, Siena, T T7onder and To- The Cradle. To rock o"Wmbtv cradle will give the baby the belly-achy. ; ,v ;.r- ' Bad L'ick.-lf vott m'eei: when walking a cross-eyed person, it indicates oad luck. Dalh ia" the Family'.- The breaking of a mirror by anv. member SiifWjfies death iu the family before the yaar cbiwejB. i';-". h Cresting Aiu. If four 'persons accidentlv crosM bauds whett . sliakingl some one. of the company will hood pe tuarrpd; Month Aehe. I f a fellow's Vmuth aches it is a sign tharhe will kiss 'prrtiTgirt,'"eniJSe a flue cigarand drink a-gf HS of laser. beer; Tke D'uh Cl4h i di clytli' be droppl when in use. it is a sign ysMirwiii have coiu- panV to dinner ; ' , , ' " X 5 Xnarp, J'-untot or CuUiag. Present"- a frietid ith ak wife,-scissors., or ' tiee O.ee,' and they will cut your lov? or metvKhip., ; ' t '. : A Fantritl, Should vyou .7$ ben on a pleits tire excurHion. meet m luueral procession,' you will have no enjoyment twit day. Ftgr Nails.- It Voa MS your finger nsila on Moudaywithout either-speaking or think ng ol a red lot a tall, you will have a- preeni during the week. ; - " Another; 1 1 the ; nails be : out on lion lay morning before - eating: a present- inav be ex pec ted; but if while cuttimE, you .think of a white cat's blue tail,? it will spoil the charm. An Itching Eur. If the 'feft ear itch and burn; it is an indication that some one is speak ill - of you; -If therighi ear that they .are speaking weirof oif;v-v- tfsa.rIf yoti:piU salt, it is a sign there will be a Quarrel in the fainilylii Put;.i a small portion oftbe salt thn epilled be aet into a tnpuurmBmmmmfBamuQffafumMnRBUnmnB -. ifc Mhasw)BBlVsftase1SSwsa Krufe and Fork. lf-jv. -)iitL fvrk atul .l sticks in the -floor and - rei.4iua :io s.i standing position, it is a sigU jSV' gentleman - will : call; but a knife a:day.,t-v?4Ji- Disappointment. When, t.potting-on- i your shoes and stockings; if you complete -dressing one foot before commencing the" oilier, it is sign that yoa will be disajipoiuted) - ; ..- An Itching-Foot. If. the right foot, itches on the-bottom, you are . going where 'you : are wanted: it the left one where you,, will not be welcome.. ' . . -"' ' ' .- - -; Fish and the-aLt a cat washes " her face you will have onpany before night.-- If-you make a good bargaiu, according to ne sue 01 the hsli. -. - .- .-'; ; . The Broom. If the broom is removed with the remainderof the-household furnitjure, you will not be successful but the broom must be burned while standing ii . the- corner being watched, 10 prevent the house taking Are. . The Last 2w.-Never lotik after a fsiend who is leaving you until he is quite out of eight, or.-yon ra ay. never see him or ber Rgain; but turn your e-es away while be is still visi ble, in order that he or she may return. . - The CtK It you are moving from one house to another, never take cat with you, or she will surely brink bad-lack to the new- home, whereas she will add luck, to the old house who move into it. ' . . 'Shoes and DUh-wuter. Save the "old slides td throw after the Carriage, when any of.the family start out on a j urtiey; it will insure a safe return. Never let your Jsh "water come to a boil, as every bubble brings bail luck to thVfamily.' "- v . '' .J' " '.- '' ' ' ' ' the Moon. If you e the new moon for the first time through glass, or through the tree lop, it indicates that y'oif will he uufortunate; but if" you see i t ' o v er i h e right shoulder, or directly in front of y 0)1,' tliat. you will be lucky. An Itching.-r-H the . ytghHiand , itches, you will receive-money; if the. left, you will, spend money. : I he. letter iv tauis,.:for "reeive;' the letter L "let . go. '.. 1 i the right eye itches it is a sign you will cryjf the "left,- you will laugh, it stands lor roar and. U tor laugh. Zlazims For- Yonng. Men. : v . 1. The worbi estimates men by their aucces in 1 i fe, and by general' consent .success i n li le is evidence ofsuperiotityttjr iv JH, . 2. Never, under any circumefances. assume a reeponstbiiitr you "can avoid conttistenuy with your duty to yourself jtod otbera.i s v 3. Base all your actiona v poo principle of right: -preserve your .inlfgrltjr: of,? charaCier, and in doing; this, never-reekou on tb cost.-. . . 4( Remember that self-interest Is niof e likely to warp your' jadgmeot tharf all other -cir- enrastancea combined; therefore look . welL-lo vonr dutyt when your. interest is concerned. a 5. Neyettflake -Biooe ti tlie ; experise.wif ybnr irpuitjpbi irt -'vi'VT-::4iv ; 6. Be neither lavish or nigsjardlyj of the two avoid the- latter.: s'A. meant man ia. unirereally despisel,-but public favor Is a stepping stone to preferment;': therefore .eiheroaa;: feeling abould be cnitivated-."? ---.-. ,.-;- ,.-- - l.Snr but littlethiak mttch, and do more. :'";: 8. Let your .expenses ; be sttcb s to-,,leavs)? balance in-. your rxckeW- illeadT;OTOoey,: ta a friend 1'itneri.;U ? .'9. Keep clear ofibe fawftor eren it too gain. your case,. you are generally abuser. , -wlO, Avoid borrowins'ana lending '.1 ill. Wine dnnktncand $raokiBg-tgarsi are bad babhs; they impair the mind -and bodr, and lead to a waste of titua and will' cost 'in a -ordmary?- Jifeti-ne enc-i to make one tealtbT:int0lJ tz t -' ::ijM: ? 2. Jjever-relsts TrrtmHrnrtnneSi anq. e ef grieve over L:i yc j czt ;t help cr ca 5 f revent. ;. - ; . -!". ; '. ,".- T, t.-. v f. Tt!!-t is At : ' " -'A: Us i' a 1 ' f pr-"" iitr.-V-. : . .. - " ". on the Death of President Lincoln. The following is a copy of a letter 'says the Terre Haute Journal, written by Mr." Voor-hees, tO be' read at the public meeting" held at the court house, in that city , laet Saturday, bnt as it was not read before -the people ; on that occasion, we give it place' in our colu-nns br the benefit of the public. . It is a noble letter and breathes the true spirit of a humane and Christian gefftlemen: Tbrrk Hacte, Ind., April 15, 1865. Cd.IL W. Thompson: Ve&r Sir. I regret that I am compelled to leave in an hour, in order to aitend court in Greene county; and I take this uietho! Of conimunicatiiiiE with tou in regard to the appalling tuilfttd.itjf which has befallen the country in the death of the Presi dent of 1 be United States, and ol Mr. Seward. This act of airociona aasassination will fill the civilized world with horror.: and all Christian inert, bfUevery shade of opinion. will execrate the deed to the latest generation. I none amonest ns who nave honextly oppov sed tnanv of the measure of Mr. Lincoln a administration, wilbats truly and deeply de plore his loss at this time at this juncture of our political atiurn.is t nose who have teen his supporters. This I knw to le the trutb, and I think it right and proper that I should say it. " -, . . For mveelf. allow me to. ear that I know Air. Lincoln personally welH anil whihd i hag been, perhaps., mv misfortune to differ from him during the tune I have teen in public life, yet he always: treated that dinerence as an honest'one. and never revived anything but itersontl kindness at his hands No one iu this community.' or 'this" broail Lmd. ,more sincerely grives over hin death to d ty than 1 do- I wa looking with biif n hopes to hia fu ture yurst in pacificating the country, and 1 regret his loss aa a erea . and i feel, an irre- arable national ca (amity. " 1 trnt that yMi will I'elieve that: all party fueling is hushenin the presence of this awful e yen t an f t h at th e w h ole peo pie w i 1 1 - J i 11 in gjviog ex predion to a common sorrow and a com moii affliction. U . :; i linVe written this note to account for my afrt-eim-e from the proposeil - meeting, nnd to eive eriei(ii to mv feelings, which I know Will be j istly pjirwiaie.l bv you . . -Very truly vour friend. I)'. W.VooapiES. The'Plot of '78 to Assassinate Washington.In Mr. Scoville'a lKxik, "TheOld Merchants of New York.? is the following; notice: of an attempt to assassinate George VVashington.-One of the conspiratorsi i Thomas Hickory i. a private in.the body-guard of .Washington, was hnng: ;. ' i 'v.v'"v;' ' "In June,'1776,:Peter Curtinius,; ccmmissa- ry general; wrote to Colonel , Kichard Varick a Jetter regrIing the plot, ia,whtcb-the writer ' A. LMl 4&&CYoZ3m iv!77(fcr Sii i i:liast uightVas discov ered a. most jnfemal plot airaiost the. lives of General Washington and Putnam, Jtc.'-SmHe of the villians concerheif are in safe custod . Among 1 hem are Mr;- Matthews our -.Mavor. Gilbert Forbes a Gunsmith, a fifer and drum mer of flen.W ashinton'a guard. 4ci The particulars are not yet transpired (from off! eers who were . employed to apprehend them) that a great sum wai offered to -assassinate General Washington and Pntnam -.that a plan waa found; in their possession of nil the i'ortiri.;ation, that .whilst the regulars made the attackome. persons were70. blow up the pow4ler : house, -and others ' were to destroy Kings bridge fo prevent reinforcements "coming in from Xew E iglatid. In short the plot was a most damnable one and I hope the vil- ains may receive a punishment equal to per petual itching without the benefit of ecrach- InJS- ..... " 1 am Sir 1 our filost utt srt "Pktcr T. Ccrtimps.' "Liberty." TJnler this caption, the New York Tribune has an editorial which concludes. with the fol lowing horn? thrust - at Secretary Stanton's military courts in times when there can . pos sibly ie nd tibstruction to the enforcement of civil law; . ' ' "But Gen. .tackson di I not escape just cen sure for hi conduct at New Orleaiut. not in defying the laahdate of a court and imprison ing the Judge, but in doing this alter all necessity for martial predominance had ceased. And, how that the Rebellion, is crushed and the- tar this side of theMtsaissippi ended, the era of tell touching ;Warflii!e autocracy, and th trial of civilians for common law offenses inu-t absolutely and promptly cIohC; It has no longer an excuse, much less a justification. Four years of rort Lafayette discipline must sutrice to give a relish to ages of Liberty defin ed and protected by law, We beg our National Nuthoriiie to realize the public intpatieilee on this head and hurrv up thir official notifica tion that the privilege of II. ibeas Corpus is re- atored." " - v :y -' : '. - . . ' -. '- 7; A Day of Uiraeies. v ; .. . The apostolic -days have returned, if we may believe the Mormons. In an address deliver ed recently by President Heber C- Kimball. at Salt" Lake City, th following remarkable Thcident waa related r 1 ' . . -.-'' ; Thexrther day my ,win was sick; she came. Ut at and requeued me to pray to the. Lord that she might be healed, l he matter parsed front my mind. The day following thia I re marked, to her that I bad 'not seen her Took- Ing so Well for some tinie previods. She re blied: am 'perfedlr sound.". I had forgot She re- ten about Her request ..that I .should jway for . . ' . t a . , ' 1. . . 1 u heiranu naa not uone so. uai sue was ueaieu through her hpneityi faith and? integrity to ward tner by priesthood.; bhs reverenced and libnor! it, 4be Holy ;Spirif saw it, and the antreh of GrkLiaw iC and she Was healed Of ,tne power .Ol wuopil .nm tayingon at bands. , It was :witbj that .ccufHataiice as it was anciently: v the ontrv)janwereian said. IiOpIJ I am - not worthy that rneu bouldst come under mv roof:, bur paar - tn word only, and- my rervaht shall be,faale4t &S?A;ttraiise;ayef i Some mirtistefVlrt-very lelini;arirl nnfreousiwirPO" or nnt. inere. ia a Cher of tgis ttind in onicago, wno is a uivAna in whir' men who do not vote the kiiid of a ticket be pats- into the ballot box or thinV as l a r!oss, iiiat be b'a4i.tc ask . God in hia pul.io prayers, tof ive' Lirj -streeth sfH- cunt t"' tCL.at t..e tr :pts..,c i. "Jn a prayer I.-?t T.'iJnefxTay, t!e tu7 ! tv.h 70 Ce l. Letter front Hon. D. T7. Voorheea IFrom the Chicago Times. , . . Plodtnlrity xeVcherf. : Of all bloodthirsty people, the mostblood-thin-ty, whatever the occasion of bloodthireti-pess, are the bloodthirsty priests; ; Of all uieo who profess a faith andtelie it iu their practice, the worst m re those professeil teachers 61 -the reit'icioii of Jesus,, w ho Ve verse all the benign luaxttiM of the Divine Mnster in timee of popular rxciteuient by in'Vtng .Irmn their pul-piia disorder, violence and bTo"b.bpd, . Such have lived in all countries, and at all Dcriodrt. and unfortunately they are not less numerous now in this country than they: have been at any time auring the st twen'ty years. Dn- loriunately we have mime such here 111 Chicago, atxi it ia painful to know that tome of I. em seizetl the solemn and iiietmncl oly occaeiou of vesterdar to go npon the rampage,' . Une of them prayed and bis prayer was addressed to God through the Prince of Peace that "if it whs not right 10 "isit foyal indignation npon traitors (neaning Democrats) in the streets of Chicago by knock ing them down, tp' "grant to the loval powers of . forbearance." Another, in an address from the pulpit, tour-ed out maledictions upon all who had opposed Hie late AitiiinMtration; callol them traitors, and said they must be "wiped out;" applaud ed the old murdered John Brown: denounced the Times for. .having , comared liini with Booth, and laineuted, hat no measures had i-een taken to prevent the Utterance of such treasonable sentiments iti the future; attributed the death of Mr. Lincoln to the fostering of traitors in the loyal Slates, who were in bu siness here, growing rich, but who .must be "driven out;" and denounce) the revocation of Burnside's orler suppreaMiig the Times. And the audience frequently cheeredv Anoth er, in an address from the sa : e pulpit, was of the opinion that.'Moval men With "muscular arms" ami hcMVy fitis attached" would "do right in the sight ol God to - plant these fits right square in the face of every traiior who dared to blurt his treason in the hearing, of loyal men," 4c. T Such was something of the entertainment in one of the churches veHterdav. There is HOthintr narticulnrl v alsrmini? it. the InctT-be v . rf . n . cause, as we have said, UootithuDtAi-pfiests have lived io all countries, and in ail periods, and have Iteeh common in this country during these past twenty years priests not of the re ligion of the Lamb, but emissaries of the spirit of evil, discord and bloodshev. .1 hey 00 vact deal of damaze, unddubtei1v, but so re volting to the moral sene of a great majority of the people are their fantastic tricks, that their power of harm is limited. Ilnrder Will Out. Four years ago a little child was murdered in a house in the viDaee - Road, in England, and the ImxIv secreted in an outhouse.' . Sus picion fell on the half: sister of the. murdered child. Uonstance iinuly lvent, a young irtrl. She denieil the "crinie. ami no'evidence could be brought to ratten it on her. nor could auy reawoa lm . alleged for the. commission of the deed. The beet detecivea in the united Kingdorn WtitU Kingdoui wrw -employed, atid '.large re wards red foFTnMer?f1irf-tH- . IX -Al us iiacirxjtrmsrratt- ees connectcL with -the crimes he complete myMerr 11c. ' w.hieht it i waa ;:shrooder,' a nd i he: social pstriot . o ft he fam ily in vested .the Roejit nitrl-r" with ei'trao'nUnary interests - In course of time the" putilic; excitement ceased, and the affair had slipped from most people's mindanot the elighte-it. clue having Deer found, so tar as had tieen , maie public. To the astonishment of every one, - the mys rery has been suddenly and unexpectedly cleared by the ; confession of Miss .Kent that she was in reality the nitirderer.- What .the mo tives of the deed were have not yet leeii ex nlained. The denravitv that emltoldenetl no r r -j : - - 1 I h keenest examinatioiy for so long a Time is wonderful. Uut the secret could not always be held. ' .'".:-; ,. "-; - ;. - .. . - . "Por murder, thongb it have no tongue, will speak "With most miraeulunsr-organ.' . . . Death of Old Hannibal The world renowned performing animal. Oi l Hannibal," who for almost half a cen tury has been the greatest ; wonder , of of the animal kingdom, died in Bedford county, Pa., on the 7th inst. .. The Bedford JotreravB: Hannibal was the largest animal ever ex hibited on this continent. His height: was 11 feet 8 inches, and his Weight was ascertained to be 15,000 pounds or seven and one-half tons. lie con fumed 31 pounds of hay, d Uusnelsof oats, and 4U gallons of waier per day. lie was suppose! to he in hi GUth year at the time of bis death. For 36 years he traversed this continent al an average of 300") miles per year. the greatest curiosity ever exhibited to the wonderin'g and admiring intllibus." ' " : 1 ieii . The Hegroes Compelled to Labor. The New York Herald, in speaking of the workings of the Einancipation Proclamation in North Carolina, says: , 1 "The people feared that the able-bolied col ored malea would immediately desert the plantations, putting a stop to agricultural operations, and leaving the female and decrepit negroes dependent on their late masters, who would thus be rendered completely enable to provide for their support. These apprehensions were at first, to eOme -extent. ..realized; but on the arrival, of General Cox with the Twenty-Third Army Corps, at .Greensboro, be soon put a stop to the social disorganization in t he sur rounding country compelling th gross to return to thtir lahor, . dnii pnmising ths people protection. . . .,- . . ' . The negroes compelled to return to Or rt U the United States, military"' authority! Weill well!-, Is thU the entertainment of freedom to which We were invited? Compelled to work! .-' :;'-.'.'' Edwii H- Stanton . : "If President Johnson tlesires to be snocess-ful in his adminlstratHMi of the Federal. Government, he wilt appoint a suecessor-.to the preaent Secretary of war at tbeeajliest practicable roomeni. Perhaps no e man eq unpopular with the people, or. who baa so few qualn fications necesaary. to.tbi discbarge, of high nublio duties, has been in" the cabinet, since the breaking -oat of thewar.' ..Both houses ot t'uinrrism- oa snore' than one oceastoti entered tlieicjUaapproriation ef bia pelbia aets on their . - ' -- rr ' - ill; i. - journals ana aimoax every newspaper 01 inuu-erice. 'in 'the iBtsresfoft th-administration feas censpred,4j.id;in the tttx ereit 4erme-wby bVie kept there U a.rrjyeteryj cnlees.it ia that rood men ;cannotrXf induced 13 aocspt 01 . to aTt&artl-" V anrs ContUu ilon.fi ; ;; ; ;- tir PoovUrrssbl Ilo iu of Eepailican Ti a nn -?nt of bis enormoos capact- S TVS' WMV s - v --'. bound to slanzbter tim. Trern the army t aw. c ii ta- 1 rt ilia 1 - - rrsccmss" a' onani- t.. c ; vc.:a '"- tirj r-om" tbe National cc f jTination . v ; i r-ctt-ii-t: r 7 : cff.: Straws Show IIovv tiie VTInd U Elow i - - - I - ' : ing: , -" '- . C '" " r. , The Philadelphia Evening EulU'U and tta Cleveland XcoVertr influential, adminimration.-pai-rk are U.th out for the repeal of 'ihe In- : ? conse Tax Lhw. They give the following a . sons for it : ; , " ' ' ' ' y I. It tends to.lower the moral slarMlac3 .'. of the pede by offering an immense tempta ' lion to deception. These deceptions-are of -, such a nature that in a majoritv of cases they ' can not be discovered j there fine, the induce- ' tnent to practice them is proportiooately greater..";; ' : ' ' " 2. It falla most bea.vily on the honest and - : slraightfor ard. and lightot on those who set tinconscientionsly ;lhe penalties fall exeeo- ' tionally and do not alter this general effect. .' 3, It is irqitiitoriaI and, to many, ex ctedngly repuNive., ; " ' ' ' -' ' 4. It icioees on nany a long and troob-lefome lato to innke the estimates and calcu- " lations. Many ho keep' imperfect acconnts can not p- sib!y do otherwine than guess ard here the honest and honorable make up iX tha defi'-iencies of those who are otherwise. : 5-It requires very expensive machinery for i?s collection. . ; " For these all snfflcient reasons we hop that other modes of taxation will be found to - takejhe place of this, which, moreover, is es- ' sentially discordant with the character of our pec pie. -. . i . -. . . A Demon. - r -V ' I.i Jersey County. Ill,, there . was recently " arrested a man named Tucker, under the following revolting circumstances, as detailed ia a letter to the Alton Dfmocraf: 7 "Tucker, it seeing who lived in Rockbridge, Macoupin County, waa in Brighton and wan- , ted to go to Rockbridge. So he hired a boy ' natnetl VVarren (the only child of his pareht)i to lake him there. The recent rains. hnd swo-len tl Macoupin Creek, which ' thVy lad to cross, so high that 7it was . impassable.-When Tucker and the boy reached the creeks, they found a number of teams, waiting, beings afraid to cross. Tucker insisted oh the bey going tn, when the boy commenced to cry. Tucker pulled out his revolver and threatened to kill him if he did not go over. The lOTt compelled by fear,-drove in. and both the boy and horse were drowned, "while Tucker swam to shore, he leing a gaod, swimmer.' -Those " present re'iested him to save tlie boy, but he sanl. Let ihe dn little, rascal drown. He only regretted having lost h:s revolver,,,,Ther immediately seized Tucker, tied him, and took : him to Esquire Hart, where he was examined' and committed for murder. He is nowln.our" . jail,, awaiting the action of the Grand Jury. I . understand tha women present wanted to drown Tucker, but the men interferedJL " . - - ' -' ' --.'- Military Trials of ClrUian. 7 ' j.V. . The New York World thns energetically . expresses its views on this subject.'? ItBayr: :. - " We defy any- man . to-day, now that - the l war-is ywt;-whtfwJThWTrieeus:e&a which. Baa BaalljTcrp wr if afr t )o I h e f rg fa test degree due to, or 1ms leen in the wiph teat degree bas teued by,; pv-rr5diniE?, the civit' trlHtoals' and tram pling under foot the Const uuuon,'inleaU ing with 'inspected-persofsv-It baa .been an-abe-uiinabte. . engine of - oppreasionf ;it baa . brought odium upon tbe cauce of free government throughout the world; it has caused ., finite heart burnings and disaffection at home; it has nwrsvd and encouraged a pestilent tribe of slstuferers and informers; it Jias clothed devilish malice in the gsrbf public tea'; it has lowered the tune of libertv and debauched the pub ire mind; it has enabled usurpation to intrench itself liehind avast " body of precedents; but no pool has it done that any body can point out." .. - ... '- 7 A Useful Contraband. 7 A Lady in'Washington,' desiring to secore a "help" made application at the headquarters of 'contraband," on Capitol Hill, whea" tht . following colloquy ensued between herself anij a female contrafiond who jiad escaped froraV "service" In " Virginnia: -. . .- .Lady .Well, Dinah, ypa say yon -want a place,. What can you do f Can your.cookt."; : : Contraband No m'm; mammy, the cookedV Lady Are you a good chambermaid f ' - Contraband Sister Sally,. .hm al eaVl dla the chambers. , .- - . - - Lady Can yoh wait, in th e . dining-room and attend the door? - . . Contraband La, no m'm; Jim, that Waj ' his work. - - - . . ' - Lady Can yon wash and iron? -; V- Contraband Well,; voa eee, 7 mm,v Aani . Becky, the allays washed. .'.-".:- 7; 77 ' 7' - Lady Can you sew?., ' Contraband Cliarity, As Uays ewed. ; Lady Tlien-js-hat in the world did you 00 ?f . Contraband WbyI allayr kpt ih$ fie x& missus! . 7 . . . - .. ... -7" 'Twa all a Pre The bid maid aat in ber old armchair, wfta. half closed eyes and pensive sir, and, "wjthont a blnah on her maiden face, fell into old "ilnr-.. phy's sweet embrace..7 She dreamed that a-hasband, kind and true, her form to hia eide so1 gen ly drew; while-is accents gentle, olear and slow.' he called ber tbe rftsarrtV name below. A: fire was9 kindled upon .the, beartb, while the teakettle sang a merrier, lay thiij j. . had .whistled for many a day... .Newligbt w t ditfnaed in the old maid's hearts as she felt Lcr loneliness " depart; -he table wa .spread, all clean and new, and plates.. a,nd ..saDcera. and . chaira for loo-" (.Here. the-poei kindlr "paot: for the purpose of ,: prolonging the - Told crit ter's'' bliss. But to resume-j - At last, as, tt: i ' daky. dim twi4ight waft fitsU-giring plaiL the ahsdee of night, she reached ber arms fcr a sweet embrace, and, alas! alef found err'!, spa,ea;,Ae from her Tision of-blrs she wcs., and fori nd that. ber;.drean bad perished and broke, she 'rose and : said. with W skodderinj . aigbrn-'Oh would I had tnarrieJ ia dajrs ,fn -7- " f ; v ;, : '' i'tQ They will occasionally stretch a pels i to gain an object in Wasbiagto as U Is to I i sieo jnafollowinr Tbs person wio f:; two.yaH as:Purer of itimXfiAnril r vaieer i labima baa been; appolntsi to at. , class' clerkinip in the tiand OSc'e.' TIU pc, ition ejitbiu jrftalary :bas. beenjpvl; j that the iJoverirmeni tn'sy hart bis U ' , available as to the eaptnreB . anl ' drr. ' ; eOrbraitlsJ by thitveft!. v'- ;7 ! ' w mam . n i i " a. ..;---. , - - - . - - ! 'tCP "A ' wpesut-f U ? f C ' vited to rlle.nt .w!ihfi;-". whom she bai7t-i r'7" .7 phila-delfM totti a 1 -" chased.'-AThe'i c.i'7 ' rl and r n l a ' - ! low liar t" - .t t VI 1 . 3 t- - ' ; 1 x.. : i. i 1 1.-8 f ' I ii-.-l cti and low,1 eL4.l-. w 1 . , .alJIKJ 434 f "i t ii wcik, lt woaU Ul bar bans .t t. I.' T ' i- T. -

A" :-, -V- i VOLUME XXIX. MOuftT VEKNON; X)HIO : NUMBER 6j - UVS. 7-30 LOAN. The saU.ef the fUrat eerie, of $300,00000 el the T-3 Lon w completed on the 31it of March, 2885. .The sale of the second series of Three Ilnn-4rea Amnions, payable three years from the 15th Jiayof June, 1845, wm began on the lt of April. Jm tie seorf pe of tkirlu dag; over One Hundred Million oliiiNfiMUN bee told leaving this day .lets than Two Handred If illiont to be disposed of. Th Interest is payable semi-annually In currency on .the 15th of December and 15th of Jane by Coupons attached to each note, which are readily cashed anywhere. It amounts to One cent p4r day on sv 50 note. Twvecats " " wIOO Ten $500 . ao v ftlOOO 91 ; 5000 MORE AND MORE DESIRABLE. ; The Rebellion is suppressed, and the Government has already adopted measures to redaee expenditures as rapidly as possible to a peace footing, thus with-drawing from market as borrower and purchaser. - This is : THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET . bow offered by the Government, and constitutes the Great Popular Loan of the People . The Seven-Thirty Notes are convertible on their maturity, at the option of the holJer into ..." V. M.'B20 Six pf r eenl, OOXiB-SHAIlXrTa BOCT)3, Which it alvrajs worth prwoaium. FREE FROM TAXATION. The 7.30 Notes cannot be taxed by To wn, Cities, . Counties or States, and the interest i not taxed unless on a surplus of .the owner's ineome exceeding aix hundred dollars a year. - This fact ioereases their : value from one to three per cent, per annum, according to the rate levied on their property. r Subscribe Quickly. - ' Lc than $200,000,000 of the Loan authorised by the last Congress are now on the market. This amount, at the rate at which it is being absorbed, will eil'ba subscribed for within two months, when .the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as has nniformly -been the case on closing the subscrip . tions-to other Loans. ... It mote teen probable tkat no nameidemble awuwnt beyond tie preexnt eeriee teilt be fertfl to (Republic . ' In order that cititens of erery town and section of the country may, be afforded facilities for-taking the lowfirtbef SaTtbHa! Banksv 'tato' BsatJf'jaid r Prirate Bankers Lhrooghont the cooatry hare generally agreed to receive subseriptions at par.. 8ub aeribers will select their own agenti, in whom they -bare confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delirery' of the Botes for which . they receive orders. " JAY COOKE, t ', .-- ' Subscription Agent. Phila. . ' 'fimT" Subscriptions received by the Fir it Xational Sank of Mount Vernon, and Knojc County .Xutional -anh of Mount rrwo. May 13 Certificate of Authority ' '.. to thb : &nox County National Bank of 1 .V A . Mount Vernon. C " . TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Omen or CoxprnoLLnn or thk Ctbrenct, -'",WAH!!iOTO!f, April IMh 188S. TTIIEB.BAS, by satisfactory evi ience presented tn tbe nndersivned.it has been made to ai-pcar 'that, M The Knox County National Bank of Mount "Vernon," in the City of Mount Vernon, in the county 'of Knox, and Btate of Ohio, has been duly uranite4 under and eorling to. c, requirement- uiine A 'Currency, secured by a pledge of United States Uouds, nraf iJ dr tha circulation and rcdcmiton 'thereof," approved June 3d. lso, and has complied f - ... Uh all th provisions or said Act required t-.be ou plied wiin. oeiore commencing me ousmens oi Baakiar. under said act : , "Now, therefore, LFreeman Clarke Comptroller of he Carreney, do hereby certify that "The Knox County .National" Bank of Mount Vem-n." in the Ci-ty of Mount Vernon in the County of Knox, an l the 'State of OhJo.ls authorised tocomaicnce the busings f Banking aader the Act aforesaid. k.- In testimony whereof,, witness my hand td seal of. office, this twenty-first day of 'AeriLlSeV ; t . - - - FREEMAN CLARKE. -tay 13r60d Comptroller of the Currency. Certificate of Authority c-i TO TBC st National Dank, 0? M00NI .VER05, OHIO. j -.:TBBA8TrBY DEPARTMENT, ) i -. ; - Ojtee of Comptroller of tke C-rreneu. - :.; Wubirstoi, March 17th. 1865. J ' IT 11 UREAS, hy satisfactory evidence presented r . .to the andersignel.it has been made to ap-ponr tkat "The First National Bank or Mount Ver-' non," la the City, of Mount Vernon, la the County of iKnox, and State of 1 Ohio, has been duly organised ..nnler and aocorJing to the requirements of the Aet 'jot Congress, entitled "An Act to provide a National farreacy, secured by a pledge of United Sutes bonds, nd to provide tor the circulation and redemption 'thereof,' approved June 3, 1864, and has complied -with all the provisions of said Aet. reqdlred to be eompiiod. with before eommeaeiag tfis business of .Bankbjg andarsaid AeU ' "'The office of.Comptroller.of Carreney being vacaif, pow therefore.. Iv8piael T. Howard, Deputy Comp-rollerf hA Ciffrency, do hereby certify that "The $iTfj Rational Bank of Moent Vernon, in the City cf Mount Vernon, la the Coontv of Knox, and 8tata ,f Ohio, Ujmthoriied to eommenoe the business ef -jjan fc i o g waaer Ue Act aforesaid. . . - v-JKJ Xasttmoey. Whereof,. yitHessmy hafld , ib lajid seae(Qe the Seventeenth day ef ,(Sisned); - r: SAMUEL T. HOWARD,-. ' - , - 4 IBttty Comptroller ef the Currency. - ' - ; ' ZS eMssssSBBB) . r. - s; m ? V Vnlzt tbs nthjonty above given this. Bank will eommenoe oiaes, Saturday. April 1st, 1845 at its efflseta tl a Slock corner rerJCala Vine - Streets. v " - r --Tv-. ..... c. Mewat Veraoa, 6.;lfnn 22d, IRor. ' - - - C- DELANO, PreeidenL .' r ' -: - VHED. D. SIUCGES,- Caekier.- icuntVernonIIaiilr ; -j.-v :urtylwi0i; liarcb 2:4, tUi... ress, tit? - tuc4 as shall he inciist .to! tis Fir -r wi.l V, r-i ' r - . . ) Sfet glnst. Written for the Mount Vernon Banner. : 'TIS ALL THE WORLD TO MEi The dak curls on his marble brow I gently pushed aside, And fndly kinsed hie clay-oold lips, For I as nit tt promised bride.f I Wondered why he answered not, But dreamed not his spirit fled, 'Till they tore me from beside him. And whispered, - urn i . But in the silent midnight, s When all had sank to rest, . . I softly laid my aching bead Upon his icy breast,--And kneeling by his euffln, I wildly prayed to God To free my burning spirit, And be laid with him beneath the sod. When senset angels weeping, lied vanished from the sky, . And fairy stars were miling Through the echer blue on high, They laid him in the valley, Close by the munn tring sea, And the spot where he lies buried ' Tis all the world t me! LONE STAR. Mo''st Liscbtt, 0-, My,iS65. dketiLaSi. Out of the sweet old legends, Beckon.4 a fair white hand. And silvery, bell-like voices Tell of an unknown land ; Where msgie roues blossom In the even:ng's golden light, ; And the air is laden with fragrance From the lilies silver-white. The trees, with their waving branches, . Murmur a fairy song, Aid the Lrot-iltt mt-rrily d teres As it ripples and gurgtes along. And lender, enchanting love-songs Float on the balmy breexe ; And the heart's unspeakable longings By their music is set at ease. ' Would that my steps could reach it. That happy, flowery strand ! For all my earthly afflictions Would cease in that fairy land. Oft in my dreams I see it,-In its glamour bright and fair. But with daylight's earliest glimmer It vanishes into air. - ' .. Jame' Maqnnime. ts. v-w SIGHT BEF0KB THE WEDDIAG. "Thin must be ' tlie last" of ; four weiLIing gifts, Vaninka'naid Madame Brentano, band ing a Small package to her daughter, as you are to be married to-morrow, and it is auile late in the evening, I tbiuk tbere will be no more." : '. . Mother," said the yoone jtirl in a frightened tone, holding up a small jet necklace, the contents of I he package, '"nee it is b'ackl It is ominous. Oh, what grief can be in store for Henry and nie?" None, none Vaninka ! this is mere folly," eaiii her .mother, in a tone of rebuke. lint it was some minutes before the young maidea recovered her cairn net. Then, conquering her weakness by a violent effort, she said lightly : 1 am not silly, mother. You will laugh hen I tell you it ; but my blooI ran cold, and my rlen eemel to creep as I touchei thia bauble. a if it hud been a serpent. See, j I do not iniiHl it now." Vmiirika Hrciiton was the only child of a wealthr FruMun commoner. he had been , ,( ,,e,rolhc to Ui.ry Wr.ler. a younu of- ficer in the Pnii'MAii army ; but owing to the wars in EifOte tlieir wedding had been ' long . i . . iJeiayei. Au, However, ilierr m teace. ail ;the loveiirwere mj tm uiiitrd the any slier the : ol,e towiir.i the end of wlueh my story com iiiences, , ; Vaninka. was devotnlly attached to her let roth ed. and too happy at the near approach of thfir miiitialx to allow the Mack necklace to diqui-t her loug.. Her parents left the room, nnd throwing herself into a chair, s e lein-d her head against ts back, and sank into a reverie, her fingers mechaiii cally playing the while with her last gift, lit waaeaay to see that her reflections were of a pleacaiit nature, for ever and anon a beautitul smile stole over her features, and fading grad ually awav. still left the came eanres ion of quiet happiness. She had been sitting there some time, when another person entered the rsm. The intruder was a young, bandedme rn:in. dreascil in full Prussian uniform. His lace . waa pale, and wore an agitated look strongly contrasting with the peaceful smile on Vaninka s lite. 5he lnl not hear ruth en ter, and he stoof for a moment looking, with hut eyes beaming With renderiieas, upon her; then, with the air of a man who has distress ing duty to perform; he advanced and stood before ner. - ' - - - . ?HehrT I she exclaimed, starting to "her feet, "idid not expect 70a this evening; baa anything happened?" - . . . ' . ."Much, much, Vantaka. oit down .again, and 1 will take tnia stool at your xeet. Aiy a a w - -is " own teiovea. 1 came to ten you mat our wea- ding muH le poetponed'I-' Our wedding I" cried the astonished girl, ETen so ! ' Too are astonished, perhaps hurt : have I told you abruptly ? ; Look in my - . tt 1 - .' mt J t. r I ace, vaninaa. ana see wnat 1 en aerea oeiore I would grieve joa with my bad news." -- 'lut.- Ueary. 1 do not MdartUad. Wbj must we wait still longer t f,t- " .-- "Because I mast leave too to twenty mm- Hi CP. ' V - - . - VLeae mef - : s - Yea 1. Napoleon has left Elbsi, and is eren now in Paris t oar Iroopa lv. the. ctty ; ,-ir 1. - .. .... ...v. "rtehry 1 am I awake ? No, ftcC-Henry, you are, not in -earnest.:.: "Ah f she eaid, shuddering af she caught sight of the nacl9 lace.'I said it was tftni nous 1 - J I Hen.ry, yon carfnbt leave me To eight, tool lbaery night before the weAlintf.". . - i:X-x Vaainka I' he cried, ilrajhthi? her to hls breast, "I mutt go ;see the dock rjtTihU to the timedeet to leave you. ' VaniaJca l' She has fainted 1 Better sol"; Xiii kisslog ber.. mh facagsjn ana agaiv b i laid ber on thit sofl and went in search of. her' parents. Uw wcr! told thera all, and bearing their ferrenl t: 'r,.he dts.Titi'.'-' ' i- . - : I j f. .... I. ; ' f.e r -.".i cai-Ihia'; I 1 ' : :; 1-r end - f r;er " t f '- rrtw t'-T f i Lsry. LLscoilor''- fair listlessly , into- ber lap, nl heave jdeep ighs, while fometimea the great tear ; rolled down her cheeke . ; ; ; ' At length there canie the news of the battle of WaterlorV; arxileon had been defeated, and all Europe was ringing with the tidiogar; Va-ninka'e suspense now amounted to perfect agony, "lleury 1" she would cry, "U he kill-edl O, when will he come?" - One morning wlien she was seated with her mother, sewing, wasiold that a Prussian officer wanted to see hef. With her heart trembling between fear and hope she obeyed the summons. As she slowly entered the' room, a stranger rose, and advanced to meet ber. "Mademoiselle Breotaoo t" he . inquired, bowing. - . : "The same. - Will you be seated, sir V : "I am Frederick Listoa ; 1 served in the battle of Waterloo, in the same regiment with Henry Werder, and be requested me to deliver this to you." And as be finished he placed a, small package in her hands. "Why don't he come himself? He. is not dead ? Oh, Kay he is not dead !" she said in a voice of hucIi imploring agony that the young soldier felt the tears rise in hUi eyes. "Lady," he s.aid in a sad tone, "Henry fell at Waterloo 1" , She did not scream nor faint, ljut sank into the chair near her, witTi only a moan of agony. He miMtook her tdlent. tearlesH.agony forcalni-neps, and began to relate the particulars of his comrade's death, and delivered his doing message to his betrothed. Vaninka heard every word.but she neither spoke nor stirred, but with ner eyes fixed on the little package he had given her. He left her. and her mother found her half an hour later still in the same position. " Var.inka," she said, "who was your vitl-tor ?'-There was no answer. "Vat.iirka," die said again, "are yoa, ill?" and. nhe laid her hand gently upon her arm. "Dead, mother, dead !" said she now raising her eyes. - "Who is dead, darling ?" Anked her mother, frightened at her strange tone. ' Vaninka slowly opened her package, and drew out the rinr and hair it containd. mur-itiuring : '"Henry I Oh, mother he is dead!" she fell. sobbing in her mother's arms. . ' ... ' ' We change the scene now to Waterloo in the latter part of the battle between trie arm ?c of Napoleon and Wellington. Th moriiih we boose was the one in which the Imperial. Guard of the Emperor threw themselves between the advancing Prussian forces and the English army to prevent their joining their forces. Henry Werder at the head. of his feg jment, felt his heart throb with intense excitement aa the two immediate columns, the flower of the . French army, advanced upon the English troop. They came on in silence, until within range of the ba tenea-pre parel to receive them ; th-n a terrible discharge, seeming to ret heaven and earth.-ecattering death among their ranks. - Still these , veterans ad yanced. . The hfonor of thir nation rwaa in peril; another discharge of the Pnxaaiah troops who had been rapid I v bearing' the' 'scenes of action, then lashed swoBgntthetw-sXha Gaeila Jtaperiatde Jfapoleon was utterly annihilated. One exultant shout was - raised - by t the alliel armies as this fearful crisis i waa decided in their favor. . 1" ''-. '.:. ' : -" But where in the mTJnient of victory.' was Henry ? Stretched upon the field, hia head supported by his fellow officer, Frederick Lis-ton, and the life-blood flowing from a wound in his breast. : v "Frederick," he murmured iu a dying voice, "you will see Vaninka," - "If I live," answered his comrade with deep emotion. ;.'-vw,.-.- You will give her this ring, and cut some of my hair off for her. Tell her my. dyingUrram ou catch fisb, it; ie a sigo you; i will thoughts were all of her Heaven, bleea you my comrade. Farewell 1" and his head fell heavily back. "Dead 1" said Frederick, and I mu&t leave him here." Frederick was mistaken. Henry wa9 not dead he had only fainted. Some hours af terward he was lying on a liospital bed in -a raving delirium. . For weeks his life hung upon a thread, then a young constitution triumphed, and he began to mend. His physician positively forbade his returning to Prnseiti. and r wrninij hiui that his lungs were much affected, he reccom mended a winter in Italy. Writing a long leiier to Vaitiuka to explain hla mug absence. Henry made hi preparation, and after an illr nersol over two montiM started in the earlv pnrt of, October fr Naples. He remained there, training health and strength, until th next June, and.then started lor home.. D ir ing his residence in Italy, he nad written ng-ttn and again to both Vaninka anl Frederick, and wondered why he had received 116. letters m answer, Hi epistles never reached them ' ' . We now return to Vaninka. Contrarv to the fears df friehdii' eli'e had . seemed to bear her lone With caluiness. She had been so long in a staVe of nguixinguspense, that any certaintv, everi this direful one, was a relief- Still her.st'eB did not regain its elaticitv, and her rief, if not loud "was": deep. "Her friends mistook despair 6r calmness. ' She grew paler and thinner, and now frequently kepi her rom foe days together. Her lover had been gone some eight months when her hand wasTigain sought in marriage. George Weimar was a gentle, miid old :man' of about seventy years pi age, wealthy, and ot large influence in his native town, r He was an old" friend of Vamnka'e father, and ha long thought of seeking Vaninka for his bride. When, however; he had seen the place coveted about to be worthily filled, he had become quite silent On the subject of hid desires," and cultivated the acquaintance pf his - lady lores betrothed . Now,.deceired as others were by Vaninka'e auiet demeanor, he advanced- his suit. Her parents knowing that 'he would spare no pains or expense to make her happy ereed their child to accept his ! Offer; and she consented to se bim. '"'.- 'tr .:' r j-.- "Jfr; Weltrisi,' sKe said, "J Mb' to tell tod bow grateful i feel for jonr .ktadi.and flatter- inr oflar. 6d to place mr situation - folly be fore 700-. Siaca I,hear4 ot mj. irreparable loss, I have felt that f should soon join bim ; still I hare ehdearored faitbratly 10 perform the datiea left to me..' I doot think I ahal lira lontt. Bat if I can by any -means add:,to the happioesa 0 another, God has granted me me win w aa so.. -- si.you witi ncct uy uuu kroting that my heart is to.Henry's feray e.it u Tours, and I will endeavor lo fulfill mv do ties as a wife; trusting in roar lore and indal gence io forgive If I'fail to make yot bappy w h He .ljamt wttH jro Z .1 - j -W fitt lvf-:I - The rood old maa was too bappy .to uare hia.oCer accepted on any terms, and he thank- ner warmiT.rA .oai was soon set r tne wea n . M Vihm b.m me!rlii lings were raakiiifg Ttzry'-x hope I, by travelir anl ctVer r r.ind,- to nb- Lis" triia's A' ttv fiit ,i u U3 n o uja aiii J l i,Xlr. Weimer diTcrfiions of her rplrlls and prolor 1 er Ubs -C. ' -". ' '. - - '-: . place of ber former happy.', smiles. She was sitting nainfully reflecting Onlhe nasL when a shadow fell on the ground before ber. and rais ing her eyes, she saw a s'ranrerstaiMliiiglook-Ing.at' her;' He etooil with buj back ;to "the trht. andshe'eouid not fcee lfti face. iut eome- thiii made ber heart stand still aa the arose to greet ftinVr He only said ne; wonirr TVo niiika!' and exclaiming Heiry r'ebe sprang1 to hia embrace. He caught her . p&sionateIy to his breast ard. eld her tbere aa if he. feared another separation, M.?"M -4 "So," said a ' pleasant rok?e -at the door, there ia -a chanir of briderreoma. . and Mr. Weimar entered the room. v Vaninka stood a moment confused,- but takiitg; hsr - band ; he placed it in Ifenry's sayings "Take ber, Henry : she is tod young, gotf and handsome for an old man like , myself.t . I- was an '--oW fool to think of it. - Take hjpf amLmy warmest blessing attend your onion.? V Aiwl with "a kind, beaming smile, the' oldj man left them together. -;r ' ?- -'r 1 v ' ' ': ' Thn time Vaninka s weIdihg was not post poned, and as Vaninka and Herv bUkI before the altar, Mr. Weimar..wUtehing the hap py, blushing face of the.rMei6wned 'that; he could not have railed 11 tv wit I all hia .'dero tion , suuh an expression Of ; perfect love anil Superstitions, Siena, T T7onder and To- The Cradle. To rock o"Wmbtv cradle will give the baby the belly-achy. ; ,v ;.r- ' Bad L'ick.-lf vott m'eei: when walking a cross-eyed person, it indicates oad luck. Dalh ia" the Family'.- The breaking of a mirror by anv. member SiifWjfies death iu the family before the yaar cbiwejB. i';-". h Cresting Aiu. If four 'persons accidentlv crosM bauds whett . sliakingl some one. of the company will hood pe tuarrpd; Month Aehe. I f a fellow's Vmuth aches it is a sign tharhe will kiss 'prrtiTgirt,'"eniJSe a flue cigarand drink a-gf HS of laser. beer; Tke D'uh Cl4h i di clytli' be droppl when in use. it is a sign ysMirwiii have coiu- panV to dinner ; ' , , ' " X 5 Xnarp, J'-untot or CuUiag. Present"- a frietid ith ak wife,-scissors., or ' tiee O.ee,' and they will cut your lov? or metvKhip., ; ' t '. : A Fantritl, Should vyou .7$ ben on a pleits tire excurHion. meet m luueral procession,' you will have no enjoyment twit day. Ftgr Nails.- It Voa MS your finger nsila on Moudaywithout either-speaking or think ng ol a red lot a tall, you will have a- preeni during the week. ; - " Another; 1 1 the ; nails be : out on lion lay morning before - eating: a present- inav be ex pec ted; but if while cuttimE, you .think of a white cat's blue tail,? it will spoil the charm. An Itching Eur. If the 'feft ear itch and burn; it is an indication that some one is speak ill - of you; -If therighi ear that they .are speaking weirof oif;v-v- tfsa.rIf yoti:piU salt, it is a sign there will be a Quarrel in the fainilylii Put;.i a small portion oftbe salt thn epilled be aet into a tnpuurmBmmmmfBamuQffafumMnRBUnmnB -. ifc Mhasw)BBlVsftase1SSwsa Krufe and Fork. lf-jv. -)iitL fvrk atul .l sticks in the -floor and - rei.4iua :io s.i standing position, it is a sigU jSV' gentleman - will : call; but a knife a:day.,t-v?4Ji- Disappointment. When, t.potting-on- i your shoes and stockings; if you complete -dressing one foot before commencing the" oilier, it is sign that yoa will be disajipoiuted) - ; ..- An Itching-Foot. If. the right foot, itches on the-bottom, you are . going where 'you : are wanted: it the left one where you,, will not be welcome.. ' . . -"' ' ' .- - -; Fish and the-aLt a cat washes " her face you will have onpany before night.-- If-you make a good bargaiu, according to ne sue 01 the hsli. -. - .- .-'; ; . The Broom. If the broom is removed with the remainderof the-household furnitjure, you will not be successful but the broom must be burned while standing ii . the- corner being watched, 10 prevent the house taking Are. . The Last 2w.-Never lotik after a fsiend who is leaving you until he is quite out of eight, or.-yon ra ay. never see him or ber Rgain; but turn your e-es away while be is still visi ble, in order that he or she may return. . - The CtK It you are moving from one house to another, never take cat with you, or she will surely brink bad-lack to the new- home, whereas she will add luck, to the old house who move into it. ' . . 'Shoes and DUh-wuter. Save the "old slides td throw after the Carriage, when any of.the family start out on a j urtiey; it will insure a safe return. Never let your Jsh "water come to a boil, as every bubble brings bail luck to thVfamily.' "- v . '' .J' " '.- '' ' ' ' ' the Moon. If you e the new moon for the first time through glass, or through the tree lop, it indicates that y'oif will he uufortunate; but if" you see i t ' o v er i h e right shoulder, or directly in front of y 0)1,' tliat. you will be lucky. An Itching.-r-H the . ytghHiand , itches, you will receive-money; if the. left, you will, spend money. : I he. letter iv tauis,.:for "reeive;' the letter L "let . go. '.. 1 i the right eye itches it is a sign you will cryjf the "left,- you will laugh, it stands lor roar and. U tor laugh. Zlazims For- Yonng. Men. : v . 1. The worbi estimates men by their aucces in 1 i fe, and by general' consent .success i n li le is evidence ofsuperiotityttjr iv JH, . 2. Never, under any circumefances. assume a reeponstbiiitr you "can avoid conttistenuy with your duty to yourself jtod otbera.i s v 3. Base all your actiona v poo principle of right: -preserve your .inlfgrltjr: of,? charaCier, and in doing; this, never-reekou on tb cost.-. . . 4( Remember that self-interest Is niof e likely to warp your' jadgmeot tharf all other -cir- enrastancea combined; therefore look . welL-lo vonr dutyt when your. interest is concerned. a 5. Neyettflake -Biooe ti tlie ; experise.wif ybnr irpuitjpbi irt -'vi'VT-::4iv ; 6. Be neither lavish or nigsjardlyj of the two avoid the- latter.: s'A. meant man ia. unirereally despisel,-but public favor Is a stepping stone to preferment;': therefore .eiheroaa;: feeling abould be cnitivated-."? ---.-. ,.-;- ,.-- - l.Snr but littlethiak mttch, and do more. :'";: 8. Let your .expenses ; be sttcb s to-,,leavs)? balance in-. your rxckeW- illeadT;OTOoey,: ta a friend 1'itneri.;U ? .'9. Keep clear ofibe fawftor eren it too gain. your case,. you are generally abuser. , -wlO, Avoid borrowins'ana lending '.1 ill. Wine dnnktncand $raokiBg-tgarsi are bad babhs; they impair the mind -and bodr, and lead to a waste of titua and will' cost 'in a -ordmary?- Jifeti-ne enc-i to make one tealtbT:int0lJ tz t -' ::ijM: ? 2. Jjever-relsts TrrtmHrnrtnneSi anq. e ef grieve over L:i yc j czt ;t help cr ca 5 f revent. ;. - ; . -!". ; '. ,".- T, t.-. v f. Tt!!-t is At : ' " -'A: Us i' a 1 ' f pr-"" iitr.-V-. : . .. - " ". on the Death of President Lincoln. The following is a copy of a letter 'says the Terre Haute Journal, written by Mr." Voor-hees, tO be' read at the public meeting" held at the court house, in that city , laet Saturday, bnt as it was not read before -the people ; on that occasion, we give it place' in our colu-nns br the benefit of the public. . It is a noble letter and breathes the true spirit of a humane and Christian gefftlemen: Tbrrk Hacte, Ind., April 15, 1865. Cd.IL W. Thompson: Ve&r Sir. I regret that I am compelled to leave in an hour, in order to aitend court in Greene county; and I take this uietho! Of conimunicatiiiiE with tou in regard to the appalling tuilfttd.itjf which has befallen the country in the death of the Presi dent of 1 be United States, and ol Mr. Seward. This act of airociona aasassination will fill the civilized world with horror.: and all Christian inert, bfUevery shade of opinion. will execrate the deed to the latest generation. I none amonest ns who nave honextly oppov sed tnanv of the measure of Mr. Lincoln a administration, wilbats truly and deeply de plore his loss at this time at this juncture of our political atiurn.is t nose who have teen his supporters. This I knw to le the trutb, and I think it right and proper that I should say it. " -, . . For mveelf. allow me to. ear that I know Air. Lincoln personally welH anil whihd i hag been, perhaps., mv misfortune to differ from him during the tune I have teen in public life, yet he always: treated that dinerence as an honest'one. and never revived anything but itersontl kindness at his hands No one iu this community.' or 'this" broail Lmd. ,more sincerely grives over hin death to d ty than 1 do- I wa looking with biif n hopes to hia fu ture yurst in pacificating the country, and 1 regret his loss aa a erea . and i feel, an irre- arable national ca (amity. " 1 trnt that yMi will I'elieve that: all party fueling is hushenin the presence of this awful e yen t an f t h at th e w h ole peo pie w i 1 1 - J i 11 in gjviog ex predion to a common sorrow and a com moii affliction. U . :; i linVe written this note to account for my afrt-eim-e from the proposeil - meeting, nnd to eive eriei(ii to mv feelings, which I know Will be j istly pjirwiaie.l bv you . . -Very truly vour friend. I)'. W.VooapiES. The'Plot of '78 to Assassinate Washington.In Mr. Scoville'a lKxik, "TheOld Merchants of New York.? is the following; notice: of an attempt to assassinate George VVashington.-One of the conspiratorsi i Thomas Hickory i. a private in.the body-guard of .Washington, was hnng: ;. ' i 'v.v'"v;' ' "In June,'1776,:Peter Curtinius,; ccmmissa- ry general; wrote to Colonel , Kichard Varick a Jetter regrIing the plot, ia,whtcb-the writer ' A. LMl 4&&CYoZ3m iv!77(fcr Sii i i:liast uightVas discov ered a. most jnfemal plot airaiost the. lives of General Washington and Putnam, Jtc.'-SmHe of the villians concerheif are in safe custod . Among 1 hem are Mr;- Matthews our -.Mavor. Gilbert Forbes a Gunsmith, a fifer and drum mer of flen.W ashinton'a guard. 4ci The particulars are not yet transpired (from off! eers who were . employed to apprehend them) that a great sum wai offered to -assassinate General Washington and Pntnam -.that a plan waa found; in their possession of nil the i'ortiri.;ation, that .whilst the regulars made the attackome. persons were70. blow up the pow4ler : house, -and others ' were to destroy Kings bridge fo prevent reinforcements "coming in from Xew E iglatid. In short the plot was a most damnable one and I hope the vil- ains may receive a punishment equal to per petual itching without the benefit of ecrach- InJS- ..... " 1 am Sir 1 our filost utt srt "Pktcr T. Ccrtimps.' "Liberty." TJnler this caption, the New York Tribune has an editorial which concludes. with the fol lowing horn? thrust - at Secretary Stanton's military courts in times when there can . pos sibly ie nd tibstruction to the enforcement of civil law; . ' ' "But Gen. .tackson di I not escape just cen sure for hi conduct at New Orleaiut. not in defying the laahdate of a court and imprison ing the Judge, but in doing this alter all necessity for martial predominance had ceased. And, how that the Rebellion, is crushed and the- tar this side of theMtsaissippi ended, the era of tell touching ;Warflii!e autocracy, and th trial of civilians for common law offenses inu-t absolutely and promptly cIohC; It has no longer an excuse, much less a justification. Four years of rort Lafayette discipline must sutrice to give a relish to ages of Liberty defin ed and protected by law, We beg our National Nuthoriiie to realize the public intpatieilee on this head and hurrv up thir official notifica tion that the privilege of II. ibeas Corpus is re- atored." " - v :y -' : '. - . . ' -. '- 7; A Day of Uiraeies. v ; .. . The apostolic -days have returned, if we may believe the Mormons. In an address deliver ed recently by President Heber C- Kimball. at Salt" Lake City, th following remarkable Thcident waa related r 1 ' . . -.-'' ; Thexrther day my ,win was sick; she came. Ut at and requeued me to pray to the. Lord that she might be healed, l he matter parsed front my mind. The day following thia I re marked, to her that I bad 'not seen her Took- Ing so Well for some tinie previods. She re blied: am 'perfedlr sound.". I had forgot She re- ten about Her request ..that I .should jway for . . ' . t a . , ' 1. . . 1 u heiranu naa not uone so. uai sue was ueaieu through her hpneityi faith and? integrity to ward tner by priesthood.; bhs reverenced and libnor! it, 4be Holy ;Spirif saw it, and the antreh of GrkLiaw iC and she Was healed Of ,tne power .Ol wuopil .nm tayingon at bands. , It was :witbj that .ccufHataiice as it was anciently: v the ontrv)janwereian said. IiOpIJ I am - not worthy that rneu bouldst come under mv roof:, bur paar - tn word only, and- my rervaht shall be,faale4t &S?A;ttraiise;ayef i Some mirtistefVlrt-very lelini;arirl nnfreousiwirPO" or nnt. inere. ia a Cher of tgis ttind in onicago, wno is a uivAna in whir' men who do not vote the kiiid of a ticket be pats- into the ballot box or thinV as l a r!oss, iiiat be b'a4i.tc ask . God in hia pul.io prayers, tof ive' Lirj -streeth sfH- cunt t"' tCL.at t..e tr :pts..,c i. "Jn a prayer I.-?t T.'iJnefxTay, t!e tu7 ! tv.h 70 Ce l. Letter front Hon. D. T7. Voorheea IFrom the Chicago Times. , . . Plodtnlrity xeVcherf. : Of all bloodthirsty people, the mostblood-thin-ty, whatever the occasion of bloodthireti-pess, are the bloodthirsty priests; ; Of all uieo who profess a faith andtelie it iu their practice, the worst m re those professeil teachers 61 -the reit'icioii of Jesus,, w ho Ve verse all the benign luaxttiM of the Divine Mnster in timee of popular rxciteuient by in'Vtng .Irmn their pul-piia disorder, violence and bTo"b.bpd, . Such have lived in all countries, and at all Dcriodrt. and unfortunately they are not less numerous now in this country than they: have been at any time auring the st twen'ty years. Dn- loriunately we have mime such here 111 Chicago, atxi it ia painful to know that tome of I. em seizetl the solemn and iiietmncl oly occaeiou of vesterdar to go npon the rampage,' . Une of them prayed and bis prayer was addressed to God through the Prince of Peace that "if it whs not right 10 "isit foyal indignation npon traitors (neaning Democrats) in the streets of Chicago by knock ing them down, tp' "grant to the loval powers of . forbearance." Another, in an address from the pulpit, tour-ed out maledictions upon all who had opposed Hie late AitiiinMtration; callol them traitors, and said they must be "wiped out;" applaud ed the old murdered John Brown: denounced the Times for. .having , comared liini with Booth, and laineuted, hat no measures had i-een taken to prevent the Utterance of such treasonable sentiments iti the future; attributed the death of Mr. Lincoln to the fostering of traitors in the loyal Slates, who were in bu siness here, growing rich, but who .must be "driven out;" and denounce) the revocation of Burnside's orler suppreaMiig the Times. And the audience frequently cheeredv Anoth er, in an address from the sa : e pulpit, was of the opinion that.'Moval men With "muscular arms" ami hcMVy fitis attached" would "do right in the sight ol God to - plant these fits right square in the face of every traiior who dared to blurt his treason in the hearing, of loyal men," 4c. T Such was something of the entertainment in one of the churches veHterdav. There is HOthintr narticulnrl v alsrmini? it. the InctT-be v . rf . n . cause, as we have said, UootithuDtAi-pfiests have lived io all countries, and in ail periods, and have Iteeh common in this country during these past twenty years priests not of the re ligion of the Lamb, but emissaries of the spirit of evil, discord and bloodshev. .1 hey 00 vact deal of damaze, unddubtei1v, but so re volting to the moral sene of a great majority of the people are their fantastic tricks, that their power of harm is limited. Ilnrder Will Out. Four years ago a little child was murdered in a house in the viDaee - Road, in England, and the ImxIv secreted in an outhouse.' . Sus picion fell on the half: sister of the. murdered child. Uonstance iinuly lvent, a young irtrl. She denieil the "crinie. ami no'evidence could be brought to ratten it on her. nor could auy reawoa lm . alleged for the. commission of the deed. The beet detecivea in the united Kingdorn WtitU Kingdoui wrw -employed, atid '.large re wards red foFTnMer?f1irf-tH- . IX -Al us iiacirxjtrmsrratt- ees connectcL with -the crimes he complete myMerr 11c. ' w.hieht it i waa ;:shrooder,' a nd i he: social pstriot . o ft he fam ily in vested .the Roejit nitrl-r" with ei'trao'nUnary interests - In course of time the" putilic; excitement ceased, and the affair had slipped from most people's mindanot the elighte-it. clue having Deer found, so tar as had tieen , maie public. To the astonishment of every one, - the mys rery has been suddenly and unexpectedly cleared by the ; confession of Miss .Kent that she was in reality the nitirderer.- What .the mo tives of the deed were have not yet leeii ex nlained. The denravitv that emltoldenetl no r r -j : - - 1 I h keenest examinatioiy for so long a Time is wonderful. Uut the secret could not always be held. ' .'".:-; ,. "-; - ;. - .. . - . "Por murder, thongb it have no tongue, will speak "With most miraeulunsr-organ.' . . . Death of Old Hannibal The world renowned performing animal. Oi l Hannibal," who for almost half a cen tury has been the greatest ; wonder , of of the animal kingdom, died in Bedford county, Pa., on the 7th inst. .. The Bedford JotreravB: Hannibal was the largest animal ever ex hibited on this continent. His height: was 11 feet 8 inches, and his Weight was ascertained to be 15,000 pounds or seven and one-half tons. lie con fumed 31 pounds of hay, d Uusnelsof oats, and 4U gallons of waier per day. lie was suppose! to he in hi GUth year at the time of bis death. For 36 years he traversed this continent al an average of 300") miles per year. the greatest curiosity ever exhibited to the wonderin'g and admiring intllibus." ' " : 1 ieii . The Hegroes Compelled to Labor. The New York Herald, in speaking of the workings of the Einancipation Proclamation in North Carolina, says: , 1 "The people feared that the able-bolied col ored malea would immediately desert the plantations, putting a stop to agricultural operations, and leaving the female and decrepit negroes dependent on their late masters, who would thus be rendered completely enable to provide for their support. These apprehensions were at first, to eOme -extent. ..realized; but on the arrival, of General Cox with the Twenty-Third Army Corps, at .Greensboro, be soon put a stop to the social disorganization in t he sur rounding country compelling th gross to return to thtir lahor, . dnii pnmising ths people protection. . . .,- . . ' . The negroes compelled to return to Or rt U the United States, military"' authority! Weill well!-, Is thU the entertainment of freedom to which We were invited? Compelled to work! .-' :;'-.'.'' Edwii H- Stanton . : "If President Johnson tlesires to be snocess-ful in his adminlstratHMi of the Federal. Government, he wilt appoint a suecessor-.to the preaent Secretary of war at tbeeajliest practicable roomeni. Perhaps no e man eq unpopular with the people, or. who baa so few qualn fications necesaary. to.tbi discbarge, of high nublio duties, has been in" the cabinet, since the breaking -oat of thewar.' ..Both houses ot t'uinrrism- oa snore' than one oceastoti entered tlieicjUaapproriation ef bia pelbia aets on their . - ' -- rr ' - ill; i. - journals ana aimoax every newspaper 01 inuu-erice. 'in 'the iBtsresfoft th-administration feas censpred,4j.id;in the tttx ereit 4erme-wby bVie kept there U a.rrjyeteryj cnlees.it ia that rood men ;cannotrXf induced 13 aocspt 01 . to aTt&artl-" V anrs ContUu ilon.fi ; ;; ; ;- tir PoovUrrssbl Ilo iu of Eepailican Ti a nn -?nt of bis enormoos capact- S TVS' WMV s - v --'. bound to slanzbter tim. Trern the army t aw. c ii ta- 1 rt ilia 1 - - rrsccmss" a' onani- t.. c ; vc.:a '"- tirj r-om" tbe National cc f jTination . v ; i r-ctt-ii-t: r 7 : cff.: Straws Show IIovv tiie VTInd U Elow i - - - I - ' : ing: , -" '- . C '" " r. , The Philadelphia Evening EulU'U and tta Cleveland XcoVertr influential, adminimration.-pai-rk are U.th out for the repeal of 'ihe In- : ? conse Tax Lhw. They give the following a . sons for it : ; , " ' ' ' ' y I. It tends to.lower the moral slarMlac3 .'. of the pede by offering an immense tempta ' lion to deception. These deceptions-are of -, such a nature that in a majoritv of cases they ' can not be discovered j there fine, the induce- ' tnent to practice them is proportiooately greater..";; ' : ' ' " 2. It falla most bea.vily on the honest and - : slraightfor ard. and lightot on those who set tinconscientionsly ;lhe penalties fall exeeo- ' tionally and do not alter this general effect. .' 3, It is irqitiitoriaI and, to many, ex ctedngly repuNive., ; " ' ' ' -' ' 4. It icioees on nany a long and troob-lefome lato to innke the estimates and calcu- " lations. Many ho keep' imperfect acconnts can not p- sib!y do otherwine than guess ard here the honest and honorable make up iX tha defi'-iencies of those who are otherwise. : 5-It requires very expensive machinery for i?s collection. . ; " For these all snfflcient reasons we hop that other modes of taxation will be found to - takejhe place of this, which, moreover, is es- ' sentially discordant with the character of our pec pie. -. . i . -. . . A Demon. - r -V ' I.i Jersey County. Ill,, there . was recently " arrested a man named Tucker, under the following revolting circumstances, as detailed ia a letter to the Alton Dfmocraf: 7 "Tucker, it seeing who lived in Rockbridge, Macoupin County, waa in Brighton and wan- , ted to go to Rockbridge. So he hired a boy ' natnetl VVarren (the only child of his pareht)i to lake him there. The recent rains. hnd swo-len tl Macoupin Creek, which ' thVy lad to cross, so high that 7it was . impassable.-When Tucker and the boy reached the creeks, they found a number of teams, waiting, beings afraid to cross. Tucker insisted oh the bey going tn, when the boy commenced to cry. Tucker pulled out his revolver and threatened to kill him if he did not go over. The lOTt compelled by fear,-drove in. and both the boy and horse were drowned, "while Tucker swam to shore, he leing a gaod, swimmer.' -Those " present re'iested him to save tlie boy, but he sanl. Let ihe dn little, rascal drown. He only regretted having lost h:s revolver,,,,Ther immediately seized Tucker, tied him, and took : him to Esquire Hart, where he was examined' and committed for murder. He is nowln.our" . jail,, awaiting the action of the Grand Jury. I . understand tha women present wanted to drown Tucker, but the men interferedJL " . - - ' -' ' --.'- Military Trials of ClrUian. 7 ' j.V. . The New York World thns energetically . expresses its views on this subject.'? ItBayr: :. - " We defy any- man . to-day, now that - the l war-is ywt;-whtfwJThWTrieeus:e&a which. Baa BaalljTcrp wr if afr t )o I h e f rg fa test degree due to, or 1ms leen in the wiph teat degree bas teued by,; pv-rr5diniE?, the civit' trlHtoals' and tram pling under foot the Const uuuon,'inleaU ing with 'inspected-persofsv-It baa .been an-abe-uiinabte. . engine of - oppreasionf ;it baa . brought odium upon tbe cauce of free government throughout the world; it has caused ., finite heart burnings and disaffection at home; it has nwrsvd and encouraged a pestilent tribe of slstuferers and informers; it Jias clothed devilish malice in the gsrbf public tea'; it has lowered the tune of libertv and debauched the pub ire mind; it has enabled usurpation to intrench itself liehind avast " body of precedents; but no pool has it done that any body can point out." .. - ... '- 7 A Useful Contraband. 7 A Lady in'Washington,' desiring to secore a "help" made application at the headquarters of 'contraband," on Capitol Hill, whea" tht . following colloquy ensued between herself anij a female contrafiond who jiad escaped froraV "service" In " Virginnia: -. . .- .Lady .Well, Dinah, ypa say yon -want a place,. What can you do f Can your.cookt."; : : Contraband No m'm; mammy, the cookedV Lady Are you a good chambermaid f ' - Contraband Sister Sally,. .hm al eaVl dla the chambers. , .- - . - - Lady Can yoh wait, in th e . dining-room and attend the door? - . . Contraband La, no m'm; Jim, that Waj ' his work. - - - . . ' - Lady Can yon wash and iron? -; V- Contraband Well,; voa eee, 7 mm,v Aani . Becky, the allays washed. .'.-".:- 7; 77 ' 7' - Lady Can you sew?., ' Contraband Cliarity, As Uays ewed. ; Lady Tlien-js-hat in the world did you 00 ?f . Contraband WbyI allayr kpt ih$ fie x& missus! . 7 . . . - .. ... -7" 'Twa all a Pre The bid maid aat in ber old armchair, wfta. half closed eyes and pensive sir, and, "wjthont a blnah on her maiden face, fell into old "ilnr-.. phy's sweet embrace..7 She dreamed that a-hasband, kind and true, her form to hia eide so1 gen ly drew; while-is accents gentle, olear and slow.' he called ber tbe rftsarrtV name below. A: fire was9 kindled upon .the, beartb, while the teakettle sang a merrier, lay thiij j. . had .whistled for many a day... .Newligbt w t ditfnaed in the old maid's hearts as she felt Lcr loneliness " depart; -he table wa .spread, all clean and new, and plates.. a,nd ..saDcera. and . chaira for loo-" (.Here. the-poei kindlr "paot: for the purpose of ,: prolonging the - Told crit ter's'' bliss. But to resume-j - At last, as, tt: i ' daky. dim twi4ight waft fitsU-giring plaiL the ahsdee of night, she reached ber arms fcr a sweet embrace, and, alas! alef found err'!, spa,ea;,Ae from her Tision of-blrs she wcs., and fori nd that. ber;.drean bad perished and broke, she 'rose and : said. with W skodderinj . aigbrn-'Oh would I had tnarrieJ ia dajrs ,fn -7- " f ; v ;, : '' i'tQ They will occasionally stretch a pels i to gain an object in Wasbiagto as U Is to I i sieo jnafollowinr Tbs person wio f:; two.yaH as:Purer of itimXfiAnril r vaieer i labima baa been; appolntsi to at. , class' clerkinip in the tiand OSc'e.' TIU pc, ition ejitbiu jrftalary :bas. beenjpvl; j that the iJoverirmeni tn'sy hart bis U ' , available as to the eaptnreB . anl ' drr. ' ; eOrbraitlsJ by thitveft!. v'- ;7 ! ' w mam . n i i " a. ..;---. , - - - . - - ! 'tCP "A ' wpesut-f U ? f C ' vited to rlle.nt .w!ihfi;-". whom she bai7t-i r'7" .7 phila-delfM totti a 1 -" chased.'-AThe'i c.i'7 ' rl and r n l a ' - ! low liar t" - .t t VI 1 . 3 t- - ' ; 1 x.. : i. i 1 1.-8 f ' I ii-.-l cti and low,1 eL4.l-. w 1 . , .alJIKJ 434 f "i t ii wcik, lt woaU Ul bar bans .t t. I.' T ' i- T. -